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Social Costs in Modern Society: A Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment

Smirk — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:58:00 GMT

This book examines methodological problems involved in determining social costs and analyzes costs and their allocation in significant sectors of American economic and political life. It starts with a discussion of social costs and means of accounting for them and is followed with detailed discussions of how human life and health have been valued in society.

Choosing White-Collar Crime

Smirk — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:03:00 GMT

Choosing White-Collar Crime
Cambridge University Press | 2005-11-14 | ISBN: 0521662176 | 230 pages | PDF | 1,7 MB

This systematic application of rational-choice theory to white-collar crime problems distinguishes ordinary and upperworld white-collar crime and presents reasons theoretically for believing that both have increased substantially over time. Reasons for the increase include the growing supply of white-collar lure and non-credible oversight.

Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream

Smirk — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:37:00 GMT

Bait and Switch
Holt Paperbacks | 2006-07-25 | ISBN: 0805081240 | 272 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB

Americans’ working lives are growing more precarious every day. Corporations slash employees by the thousands, and the benefits and pensions once guaranteed by “middle-class” jobs are a thing of the past.
In Bait and Switch, Barbara Ehrenreich goes back undercover to explore another hidden realm of the economy: the shadowy world of the white-collar unemployed. Armed with the plausible résumé of a professional “in transition,” she attempts to land a “middle-class” job. She submits to career coaching, personality testing, and EST-like boot camps, and attends job fairs, networking events, and evangelical job-search ministries. She is proselytized, scammed, lectured, and—again and again—rejected.

150 Contractual Problems and Their Solutions

tot167 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:55:00 GMT

Roger Knowles “150 Contractual Problems and Their Solutions"
Wiley-Blackwell | 2005-05-13 | ISBN: 1405120703 | 312 pages | PDF | 1,9 MB

This book considers 150 problems that regularly arise in building contracts and provides a detailed explanation as to their answers. It cites key parts of legal decisions as authority. The new edition includes some 50 new problems, and revised solutions to a third of the problems to take account of recent case law.

Who's Who in Economics, 4th Edition

Smirk — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:21:00 GMT

Who's Who in Economics
Edward Elgar Publishing | 2003-09 | ISBN: 1840649925 | 1000 pages | PDF | 4,8 MB

This major reference work, now in its fourth edition, is an extensive and authoritative guide to the most frequently cited academic economists throughout the world.

Outsourcing to India

Smirk — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:17:00 GMT

Outsourcing to India
Springer | 2004-04-14 | ISBN: 3540208550 | 275 pages | PDF | 16,3 MB

A day does not pass without a newspaper report about yet another company that has started outsourcing technology or other business processes to India. The Senate recently voted 70 to 26 in favor of preventing federal contracts going offshore, yet US managers continue to beat a path to India because it is the global leader for offshore IT-enabled services. Many CEOs seek to reduce their costs or improve service quality, but not many understand India on their first visit and some are confused by the culture.

The Learning Revolution

Smirk — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:04:00 GMT

The Learning Revolution
Network Continuum Education | 2001-05 | ISBN: 185539085X | 544 pages | PDF | 3,3 MB

When the World grasps the combined teachings of Gordon Dryden and Jeannette Vos in the Learning Revolution, we will move onto a new plane. Our mental and spiritual growth will develop to an unheard of level, our understandings of other human diversities will develop relationships on a level hitherto unknown. Develop your new-born before birth. Understand the wayward child. Hugely develop your mind and your learning abilities. Help to guide your progeny to a brighter future. Understand your learning abilities and disabilities. Help mentally disadvantaged children. Be a part of the Learning revolution. The authors must be recommended for opening up new frontiers of human development. Read it and grow - ignore it and risk slipping behind the new human being.

Living It Up : America's Love Affair with Luxury

tot167 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:14:00 GMT

James B. Twitchell “Living It Up : America's Love Affair with Luxury"
Simon & Schuster | 2003-07-02 | ISBN: 0743245067 | 320 pages | PDF | 9,33 MB

After the Washington Consensus: Restarting Growth and Reform in Latin America

Smirk — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:32:00 GMT

After the Washington Consensus
Peterson Institute | 2003-03-01 | ISBN: 0881323470 | 325 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB

This book marks a partial shift in the debate on economic development from an emphasis on growth as an engine for the reduction of poverty, to an emphasis on stability and a more equitable distribution of wealth as an engine for growth. This introduces somewhat heterodoxical arguments for minimizing dollarization and in favor of capital controls. Clearly, the co-editor that had coined the term "The Washington Consensus" has seen the need to amend the 90's program.

The Study of Sociology

Smirk — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:48:00 GMT

The Study of Sociology
University Press of the Pacific | 2002-04 | ISBN: 0898758637 | 428 pages | PDF | 17,4 MB

The Study of Sociology is Spencer's popular account of his leading sociological doctrines. Its publication marked the emergence of Spencer as the popular philosopher of the Victorian age. It was a highly influential work in terms of the impetus it gave to the academic pursuit of the new science of sociology and it also played an important role in shaping the outlook of many thoughtful lay persons in the Victorian reading public. The Study of Sociology is used not only as a textbook at Yale, but was the textbook used for the first course in Sociology in the United States. Sociology became a discipline in the United States because of Spencer's impressive work.

Has Globalization Gone Too Far?

Smirk — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:05:00 GMT

Has Globalization Gone Too Far?
Institute for International Economics | 1997-03-01 | ISBN: 0881322415 | 128 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

Globalization is exposing social fissures between those with the education, skills, and mobility to flourish in an unfettered world market-the apparent "winners"-and those without. These apparent "losers" are increasingly anxious about their standards of living and their precarious place in an integrated world economy. The result is severe tension between the market and broad sectors of society, with governments caught in the middle. Compounding the very real problems that need to be addressed by all involved, the kneejerk rhetoric of both sides threatens to crowd out rational debate. From the United States to Europe to Asia, positions are hardening. Author Dani Rodrik brings a clear and reasoned voice to these questions.

In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World

Smirk — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:07:00 GMT

In the Bubble
The MIT Press | 2005-04-01 | ISBN: 0262201577 | 288 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB

We're filling up the world with technology and devices, but we've lost sight of an important question: What is this stuff for? What value does it add to our lives? So asks author John Thackara in his new book, In the Bubble: Designing for a Complex World. These are tough questions for the pushers of technology to answer. Our economic system is centered on technology, so it would be no small matter if "tech" ceased to be an end-in-itself in our daily lives.

Entrepreneurship: Determinants and Policy in a European-U.S. Comparison

Smirk — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:30:00 GMT

Entrepreneurship
Springer | 2002-04-30 | ISBN: 0792376854 | 260 pages | PDF | 3,8 MB

Policymakers throughout Europe and the US have responded to rising concerns about unemployment, jobs, growth and international competitiveness in global markets with a new mandate to promote the creation of innovative new businesses. While recent literature identified clear and decisive links between entrepreneurship, growth, job creation and international competitiveness, policy makers were initially slow to recognize these links. Without a clear and organized view of where and how entrepreneurship manifests itself, policy makers have been left in uncharted waters without an analytical compass.

The Origins of Cultural Differences and Their Impact on Management

tot167 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:54:00 GMT

Jack Scarborough “The Origins of Cultural Differences and Their Impact on Management"
Quorum Books | 1998-02-28 | ISBN: 1567201237 | 288 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB

Lawyers, Money, and Success: The Consequences of Dollar Obsession

tot167 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:27:00 GMT

Sunggyu Lee, James G. Speight, Sudarshan K. Loyalka “Lawyers, Money, and Success: The Consequences of Dollar Obsession"
Quorum Books | 1997-11-30 | ISBN: 1567201342 | 168 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

Expert Expatriate: Your Guide to Successful Relocation Abroad--Moving, Living, Thriving

Smirk — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:55:32 GMT

Expert Expatriate
Nicholas Brealey Publishing | 2002-04-25 | ISBN: 1857883209 | 270 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

Before you go, while you're headed there, and even after you've moved, you'll find "The Expert Expat" an indispensable guide to living outside your country of citizenship. Frequent "asides" from experienced expats illuminate the suggestions and information given in the ten chapters. Companies and organizations sending employees abroad should make sure families are given a copy of this book along with country specific material as soon as an expat assignment is accepted.

Knightfall: Knight Ridder and How the Erosion of Newspaper Journalism Is Putting Democracy at Risk

Smirk — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:13:00 GMT

Knightfall
AMACOM | 2005-03-25 | ISBN: 0814408540 | 256 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is clear: Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of the press. And yet a force seemingly even more powerful than the supreme law of the land threatens one of our nation's most precious guarantors of freedom. For more than two centuries, American newspapers have collected, organized, and disseminated the information that makes democracy possible. Occasional opponents of a free press have not been able to cripple newspapers and despite dire predictions, neither have radio, television, or the Internet. But greed can kill American newspapers, thus eliminating the crucial synergy between journalism and democracy.

Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens

FTG — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:59:00 GMT

Josiah Ober, "Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens"
Publisher: Princeton University Press | Pages: 362 | 2008-10-09 | ISBN: 0691133476 | PDF | 1.6 MB

Politics, Philosophy, Terror

weidsas — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:21:00 GMT

Politics, Philosophy, Terror
Princeton University Press | 1999-08-30 | ISBN: 069100935X | 269 pages | PDF | 7,4 MB

Hannah Arendt's rich and varied political thought is more influential today than ever before, due in part to the collapse of communism and the need for ideas that move beyond the old ideologies of the Cold War. As Dana Villa shows, however, Arendt's thought is often poorly understood, both because of its complexity and because her fame has made it easy for critics to write about what she is reputed to have said rather than what she actually wrote. Villa sets out to change that here, explaining clearly, carefully, and forcefully Arendt's major contributions to our understanding of politics, modernity, and the nature of political evil in our century.

Bound by Our Constitution

weidsas — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:06:00 GMT

Bound by Our Constitution
Princeton University Press | 1994-08-08 | ISBN: 069103480X | 272 pages | PDF | 27,4 MB

What difference does a written constitution make to public policy? How have women workers fared in a nation bound by constitutional principles, compared with those not covered by formal, written guarantees of fair procedure or equitable outcome? To investigate these questions, Vivien Hart traces the evolution of minimum wage policies in the United States and Britain from their common origins in women's politics around 1900 to their divergent outcomes in our day. She argues, contrary to common wisdom, that the advantage has been with the American constitutional system rather than the British.